Xiantao
Syllables: Xian·tao
Xiantao proper noun: a sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China.
Proper noun
Xiantao
- A sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China.
- Wuhan grows steadily, changing its face quite a bit each year one comes. Hanyang spreads out, and Mianyang, where we halted for a meal and rest, at its county town of Xiantao, which is now becoming a modern city.1981 July, Rewi Alley, “Flood Strikes again in Hubei”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XX, number 7, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13
- Residing on the banks of the Hanshui River in south-central Hubei Province are more than 1.8 million inhabitants of Xiantao City. The central city area itself may only have about 250,000 people, but Xiantao has jurisdiction over a number of sprawling suburbs and surrounding villages which pushes...2001 February, Paul Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities, volume 1, Chiang Mai, Thailand: Darawan Printing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 100
Forms of Xiantao
| alternative form | Hsien-t'ao |
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Origin of Xiantao
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 仙桃 (Xiāntáo).
Questions about Xiantao
- What does Xiantao mean?
- Xiantao means a sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China.
- What part of speech is Xiantao?
- Xiantao is a proper noun.
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